Got these Priceless Gems for Christmas!

[Oregon_Grown]

This is my Dad (the guy with his arm around the other guy) and my uncle Al Copeland. This picture from best I can determine was taken in the late 40's in the Sonora/Angel Camp area. my father was about 24 years old then. He and his brother owned a logging company in Northern California right after the war. From what I understand the tank on top of the cab was used to cool the brakes on the truck before there were Jake brake. I also understand that they used wedges and bindings rather than stakes and bindings to hold the logs on the truck. I didnt know these pictures existed til my sister gave me a cd of them. Here are a few. Enjoy!

He has been gone now for 26 years and I still miss hanging with him. Anyway enjoy!

 

[treemandan]

Great pics! I can't believe that truck can take a load like that!

 

[Oregon_Grown]

Yep Yep

All the way to the mill!!! I also understand that the truck came from WWII trucks.

 

[slowp]

I can't believe the log stayed on the truck. Good pictures.

 

[logging22]

Sweet pics man. Saved them for my screen saver.

 

[Gologit]

I can't believe the log stayed on the truck. Good pictures.

Those cheese-blocks held the log real well....run 'em into the channel, latch them down and you were good to go. Cheese-blocks and gut wrappers were state-of-the-art in those days. And, unless your brakes faded on a long downgrade, those old trucks couldn't get going fast enough to spill one off in a turn.

 

[isaaccarlson]

I want one of those.......

would come in handy at my dad's place....or anywhere.

 

[Cedarkerf]

Nice pics my Grand dad used to load his trucks with a cat but he had folding bunk spikes.

 

[Jacob J.]

Those pictures are awesome and very representative of how it was back in those days. It's too bad your dad is gone, I'll bet he had some fantastic stories.

 

[indiansprings]

Priceless, glad you got them.

 

[Oregon_Grown]

He would have been Honored

Sweet pics man. Saved them for my screen saver.

He would have been honored. He was a very quiet humble man, who didnt think he was doing anything great only making a living.

 

[floyd]

Don't even see many 3 log loads anymore. Mills have retooled.

 

[bowtechmadman]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing some family history with us.

 

[John Ellison]

Great pictures. That would be a fun ride to the mill.

 

[big daddio]

Great pictures. Know they mean a lot to you. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Meadow Beaver]

Cool pics, I can't imagine it's too common to see trees that size in the Sierra Nevadas anymore.

 

[Beefie]

Those are some very cool old pictures. It is neat to see how they did stuff back in the day. Would you mind sharing some more pics off the CD please.

Beefie

 

[Oregon_Grown]

Thank you!

Those are some very cool old pictures. It is neat to see how they did stuff back in the day. Would you mind sharing some more pics off the CD please.

Beefie

I shall do that in the next few days... He also worked on a dam there. I know the pictures were taken before I was born in 50 because we were in Oregon and never returned to California to live.